The Cold War 3rd year

Question 1

Give four reasons why the Cold War started

Answer 1

Different political systems - capitalism/democracy vs communism

The ‘Truman doctrine’ of containment to stop the spread of communism

The iron curtain and ‘arms race’ for nuclear weapons

The Marshall plan - aid money given to countries to gain influence

Question 2

Name two superpowers after the world war 2

Question 3

What does superpower mean

Question 4

What is the Marshall plan

Answer 4

George Marshall came up with the Marshall plan in 1948 to give financial aid to Europe to pay for its rebuilding after World War II (we believe that spread of communism was due to poverty)

Question 5

What political systems did USA and USSR have

Answer 5

The USA has capitalism / democracy

The USSR had communism

Question 6

What was the iron curtain ‘arms race’

Answer 6

Both sides (USA and USSR) built up large amounts of bombs in case of war . This was called the ‘arms race’

Question 7

Explain the reasoning for the Berlin Wall

Answer 7

West Germany was living under capitalism and democracy and East Germany was living under communism the Communist the east side was in great poverty and envied the Westside this caused loads of migration from the east to the west the USSR wanted to stop this so they put up the Berlin Wall